CRACKER BAN UN­JUS­TI­FIED

The Supreme Court ban on the sale of fire­crack­ers in Delhi and the na­tional cap­i­tal re­gion (NCR) dur­ing Di­wali is wel­come in view of the pol­lu­tion but or­der­ing the ban days ahead of Di­wali when traders have al­ready built in­ven­to­ries or placed or­ders for crackers is un­jus­ti­fied. Who will be re­spon­si­ble for the losses suf­fered by them? The sud­den loss of jobs for mil­lions in the trade is also a con­cern. They should have been given am­ple time to turn to other oc­cu­pa­tions or make ecofriendly fire­works.